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The guts are very susceptible to developing diarrhoea – excess caffeine, vigorous exercise, excess fibre, excess alcohol, stress, antibiotics and even medicines and supplements (like iron, for example) can all cause it. Food intolerance and coeliac disease can also induce diarrhoea and in children it may be associated with a condition called encopresis. An overactive thyroid can cause diarrhoea, but so can viral gastroenteritis, parasitic infections, food poisoning, malabsorption, IBS, polyps and proctitis. While diarrhoea is far more likely to be caused by a minor problem, it can occasionally indicate more serious problems like ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, appendicitis, TSS, typhoid or paratyphoid, cholera and bowel cancer.